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rounded : with series of large subquadrate deep punctures, 

 <each of which is separated by a rounded ridge ; interstices 

 much narrower than punctures. Abdomen indistinctly but 

 rather coarsely punctate ; third and fourth segments com- 

 bined slightly longer than second or fifth; intercoxal process 

 rather narrower ; sutures of all the segments deep. Legs 

 long ; posterior femora passing elytra for about one-fourth 

 their length. Length, 3| mm. ; rostrum, 1 mm. ; width, 

 2 mm. 



Ilab. — Queensland: Cairns (Macleay Museum). 



In appearance close to the preceding species ; but besides 

 lieiiig much smaller it may be readily distinguished by the 

 ■entire absence of granules. Each elytral puncture appears 

 to be surrounded by four ridges that are thickened at the 

 intersecting corner ; towards the sides, however, the trans- 

 verse ridges become very feeble. The eyes are smaller and 

 with larger facets, and the scales are considerably larger than 

 in either the preceding species or in muticus. The specimen 

 described appears to be 9 • 



PoitOPTEllELLUS, n. g. 



Head rather large, partially concealed. Eyes small, ovate, 

 widely separated, coarsely faceted. Rostrum short, wide, and 

 almost straight. Scape inserted nearer apex than base of ros- 

 trum, the length of funicle; two basal joints of funicle 

 elongate: club large and briefly ovate. Prothorax convex, 

 base truncate, sides and apex rounded, apex produced, con- 

 striction feeble; ocular lobes obtuse. Scutellum not traceable. 

 Elytra ovate. Pectoral canal deep and wide, terminated be- 

 tween four anterior coxae. Mesosternal receptacle wide, raised 

 in front, emargination feebly semicircular; cavernous. J/eta- 

 sti-rnum much shorter than the following segment; episterna 

 not traceable. Abdomen moderately large; two basal seg- 

 ments large, the suture between them traceable at sides only, 

 first as long as second and third combined, intercoxal process 

 very wide (wider than third segment), third and fourth com- 

 bined the length of second or fifth. Legs moderately long; 

 posterior coxae touching elytra; femora moderately thin, feebly 

 dentate, not grooved, posterior curved and passing elytra; 

 tibiae compressed, almost straight; tarsi not very thin, third 

 joint moderately wide, deeply bilobed, fourth elongate. Sub- 

 elliptic, convex, squamose, apterous. 



Close to Poropterus, but the femora dentate, suture be- 

 tween first and second abdominal segments not continuous and 

 mesosternal receptacle differently shaped. The club is un- 

 usually large. The specimen described below looks from above 



